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    Publix and Wendy's Marketing

    we as farmers should have our chickens and beef and hogs deboned at the vet, why a boneless ham sells for a premium. and after paying the vet a few $100 looking at the customer cost. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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    electric brakes

    ground the trailer to the truck. grounding problems are the most common
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    tractor purchase?

    junk!! they're just some old cows we got when we bought the farm we are trying to "clean 'em up" a little with some black polled stock. i guess they'er limo crosses and some milk blood too on a few and we added some angus heiffers and kept some of the limo's but it takes us some time to get...
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    tractor purchase?

    thank for the imput and i don't want to start a blue / green battle just wanted to know a few good and not so good points of the offerings at the auction oh a.c. i got me a angus bull a few month's ago he's a good looking young man and we also got a young limo so we got to see who gives us the...
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    tractor purchase?

    thanks for the advise we have both dealers close and have used the jd house for parts and i like the fact that i can find the parts online before i go there i know if they are in stock or if i have to order them. A.C. so where are the 2950's now and what replaced them? we are going to look...
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    tractor purchase?

    oh we've got tractor data as a favorite on a tool bar and have checked them out but the johnnys all have the same engine the 3255 is turboed and the 29's are natural just figured the torque of the 6 in these would help over the fours in a 6410 or 6420 and each should pull the old 530 and our...
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    tractor purchase?

    we are thinking of a tractor purchase in a week or so and want to find out the values and operating cost of few different ones. we are between a new holland 8360 and jd 3255, 2950,2955. have used some johnny's and they seem to like fuel and want some oppions on the blue one and any thought of...
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    How will this end???

    see what happens to the city dwellers tthey get soft and let the little stuff run all over them if that was a country dog the baby would have been bait for the big old mama and lunch for all would have been served
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    Eating in Private

    i'm mostly upset at the value they put on the sandwich a bolony & cheeze sandwich with mayo is worth more than $.76 the labor and thought is more than that the replacement costs are about $2.50 at the country store and even more in town!!
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    john deere 6620

    oh yeah been standing on my head repairing and cussing the designers for hours!!!!
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    john deere 6620

    we bought a pair of 6620s 3 years ago thought that they would get the wheat out, so we got one of them running and worked it last two years. They were bought for salvage prices just paid $4000 for both. the oldest one is running now plan to get the other one running next year and use the parts...
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    Fuel storage ideas?

    hay, what about a chemical tote, you know the kind that round up or something like that comes in they hold about 230 gallons have a top and a valve on the bottom. they will not hold up to sunshine for very long though. as for barrels they need to be stored on a 2x4 with the bungs at 180 or the...
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    Gin Trash value

    yes i did some work on those gins i think its two gins that are inline we ran most of the sheet metal in those gins remember they moved the roof line on the prints and didn;t tell contenintal and all the pipes were too long and had to be trimed or cut at the locale. just be careful for fire if...
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    Gin Trash value

    jed you should watch out for a fire gin trash will self combust. if it gets wet it might start to catch fire and if you bale it in a round baler keep an eye on your rollers for cotton wrapping and starting a fire at the walls. as a gin man for years cotton gin trash has caught fire when left...
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    farming with scrap iron

    got the front axle and a wheel seal pack axle (fixed) the front axle was swapped a few years back i guess and the former owner had put some bushing in places where the oringinal had none and washer to make up the differences in places slop had been i got it worked on but fixed is still...
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    oil pressure switch

    knock it off with all them big words there vette. the boy had a boo-boo and his tractor is bleeding he needs a bandaid and simple surgurey. plug till the new one comes. it will be okay, the oil pressure fine before right? it will be as good without the guage for a week, watch it close for oil...
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    farming with scrap iron

    i don't what year the front is but it aint supposed to be there the pin is backassards and had to jack it up about 1' and a half to git it out and the mount it worn out and the bushings are floppy just a great time for jb weld and a prayer!
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    windmills ?

    a wind mill will pump the water up the hill but you have to be directly over the source there's a rod that goes all the way down in the water right under the fan and box area. so you see to pump out of the river the mill has to be close to it and the pump under the mill but if you get it all...
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    she needs to hurry

    nice bull calf yesterday 77lbs red steered and tagged what a releif on to the next one now
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    winter wheat pasture

    winter wheat is common here we seed at 100/120 per acre depends on soil type in late summer sept for us and put down 100 lbs N. in feb another 100 / 200 N judging by its needs weather and such and pull the cows off 15 march and cut it for hay or grain. grazing it will take about 7 to 10 bushels...
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